Legal Opinion
John Wesley Carter v. Troy Joe Lynch, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1970No. 13778_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:
A civil judgment of damages in favor of John Wesley Carter against Troy Joe, Lynch, Jr. and an order refusing discharge from a civil arrest for contempt for failure to pay it, are now appealed. We uphold these judgments of Judge Hemphill in the South Carolina Federal Court.
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The jury awarded $50,000 damages for physical assault of Carter by Lynch— an aggregate of $15,000 compensatory and $35,000 punitive. The verdict was reduced to $27,500 on acceptance of an order of remittitur.
The facts are these. Around 9 o’clock the night of December 21, 1966, Carter was…
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